Supporting-base for anvils.



B. SPREEN. SUPPORTING BASE FOR ANVILS. APPLICATION nL-z'n 00119, 1909.

962,47? Patented June 28, 1910.

ERNEST SPREEN, OF MINOCQUA, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-BASE FOB ANVILS.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST SPREEN, citizen of the United States,residing at Minocqua, in the county of Oneida and State of "Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Basesfor Anvils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to anvils and more particularly to a supportingbase or block therefor.

The object of the invention is to provide a supporting base or block,capable of being adjusted vertically so as to raise or lower the anviland thus accommodate persons of different heights.

A further object is to provide a supporting base including a stationarycylindrical section having means for attachment to a floor, and avertically movable section mounted on the stationary section and adaptedto support an anvil, means being provided for locking the movablesection in different positions of adjustment.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefficiency.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description,it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of theappended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an anvil stand constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, withthe anvil removed, the adj ustment of the upper or movable section beingindicated in dotted lines; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of therelatively stationary and movable sections comprising the stand, thesections of the upper and movable members being separated to expose thelocking me. p Corresponding and like parts are referred to in thefollowing description and indicated in all the views of the drawings bythe same reference characters.

The improved anvil supporting base form- Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 19, 1909.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Serial No. 523,378.

ing the subject matter of the present invention includes a relativelystationary cylindrical section 5 having a base plate 6 secured theretoand extended laterally beyond the vertical walls of the cylindricalportion and provided with perforations 7 for the reception of screws,bolts or similar fastening de vices 8 by means of which the stationarysection 5 may be rigidly secured to a floor or other suitable support.

Mounted for vertical movement on the stationary member 5, is a movablemember preferably formed in two sections 9 and 10, the oppositelongitudinal edges of the sections 9 and 10 being bent laterally to formparallel flanges 11 adapted to register with each other when thesections are assembled, as shown.

The upper ends of the sections 9 and 10 are provided with fiat plates12, the inner edges of which abut and form a support for an anvil,indicated at 13, there being a series of perforations formed in theplates 12 and adapted to register with openings formed in the base ofthe anvil to permit the insertion of securing devices 14:.

Secured to or formed integral with the sections 9 and 10 of the movablemember, are spaced inwardly extending pins 15 adapted to entercorrespondingly shaped openings 16 formed in the lower member or section5 for the purpose of supporting the upper section in adjusted positionand thus regulating the height of the anvil 13 above the floor line soas to accommodate persons of different heights.

As a means for retaining the locking pins 15 within the perforations 16,there are provided a series of transverse bolts 17 which extend throughregistering openings formed in the flanges 11, the sections 9 and 10being clamped in engagement with each other and the pins 15 within theopenings 16 by means of nuts 18 engaging the threaded ends of the bolts17, as shown. Thus it will be seen that by releasing the fasteningdevices 17 on one side of the movable member, the sect-ions 9 and 10 maybe separated so as to disengage the pins 15 from the openings 16 andthus permit the movable section to be adjusted vertically of thestationary section, the movable section being locked in adjustedposition by causing the pins to engage any one of the openings 16, andin which position they will be secured by means of the fastening devices17.

Attention is here called to the fact that the pins 15 and openings 16are so spaced that when either one or two of the pins are seated in theopenings 16, the upper or free edge of the stationary section 5 willbear against one of said pins, the upper edge of the stationary section,by engagement with the pins, serving to assist in supporting the weightof the anvil.

The supporting bases or blocks may be made in different sizes and shapesand constructed of metal or any other suitable ma terial withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A device of the class described including a stationary member havingmeans for j ustment.

ber and adapted to support an anvil.

3. A device of the class described including a stationary member havingmeans for attachment to a support and provided with a series ofperforations, a movable member mounted on the stationary member andincluding co-acting sections having laterally extending flanges, pinscarried by the sections of the movable member and adapted to enter theopenings in the stationary member, a plate carried by the movable memberand adapted to support an anvil, and fastening devices extending throughthe flanges of the sections of the movable member for holding saidsections in assembled position.

4. A device of the class described including a stationary member havinga base plate for attachment to a support and provided with a series ofspaced vertically disposed openings, a movable member mounted on thestationary member and including co-acting sections having laterallyextending perforated flanges, a plate secured to each section of themovable member and adapted to support an anvil, pins extending inwardlyfrom the sections of the movable member and adapted to enter theperforations in the stationary member, and fastening devices extendingthrough the perforations in the flanges of said sections for holding thesections in assembled position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST SPREEN. [1 s.]

Witnesses HAROLD O. EVENSON, BEN S'roBEN.

